Tally-board.



H. R. PATBIAROHB.

TALLY BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED APRJS. 1906.

949,379. Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

HUGH R. PATRIARCHE, OF WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA.

[RALLY-BOARD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I'IUGH R. PATRIAROHE, residing in lVinnipeg, in theProvince of Manitoba, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Tally-Boards, of which the following is adescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which area part of this specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in tally-boards for use inplaying games of cards such as cribbage, whist, or the like, .or in factadapted for use in various kinds of games which necessitate the keepingof a score or record.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and cheapconstruction of tally-board of such form that a complete and accuraterecord may be conveniently kept during play, not only of the pointsmade, but also of the number of games won, etc.

lVith the above primary object, and other incidental objects, in view,the invention consists of the devices and parts, or their equivalents,as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a tally-boardconstructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a right hand edgeview of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view of one end of the board, showing thepointers in full lines swung outwardly, and in dotted lines swunginwardly; Fig. 1 is a fragmentary detail view of the board and rail withthe traveler in section, on the dotted line 4 t of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is aplan view of a modified form of construction of the tally-board; Fig. 6is a transverse section of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a plan view of anothermodified form of the tally-board; Fig. 8 is a cross section of Fig. 7Fig. 9 is a plan view of still another modified form of the invention;Fig. 10 is a cross section of Fig. 9; Fig. 11 is a cross section of amodified form of Fig. 5; Fig. 12 is a cross section of a modified formof construction of Fig. 9; and Fig. 13 is a view of a modified form ofthe device for keeping a record of the number of games won, etc.

The numeral let indicates the base or board, in all the figures of thedrawings, and which may be square, rectangular or any other desired andconvenient shape. In the form of construction shown on Sheet 1 of thedrawings the base or board has connected thereto, and extendinglongitudinally Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 13, 1906.

Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

Serial No. 311,473.

thereof, two rails 15, 15, the upper edge of each rail being enlarged toform a head, so that the rail is T-shaped or substantially T-shaped incross section. The upper surface of the head of each rail is formed orprovided with teeth or serrations 16. A traveler 17 is adapted to bemovable over the serrated surface of each rail, and in the Sheet 1 formof construction this traveler is of an inverted U-shape form, thedepending legs thereof extending down opposite sides of the rail andprovided near their lower ends with inwardly extending pins 18, 18 whichbear lightly against opposite sides of the rail. By this construction,the traveler may be raised slightly so as to be lifted out of the spacebetween any of the two teeth or serrations, and thereby permitted to bemoved to some other position on the rail, and when so moved permitted todrop again into the space between two of the serrations atthe point ofadjustment. The pins 18 act as stops which contact with the under sideof the head of the rail when the traveler is pulled upwardly, wherebythe entire withdrawal of the traveler from engagement with the rail isprevented. The top of the traveler is cut away at one side to form aseat or bearing 19 for a pointer 20, said pointer being mounted at oneend on a pivot pin 21.

The base or board has thereon, on opposite sides of each rail, andparallel with the rail, a series of numbers divided or arranged inmultiples of five, by having the fifth number throughout the seriesotfset or out of alinement with the other numbers, and a series ofpointers marked 22, printed or otherwise delineated on the board, may beconveniently used for the purpose of point ing to the offset number, andforming divi sion marks between which the four numbers preceding theoffset number are disposed. These pointers 22 extend from opposite sidesof each rail laterally to the offset numbers, and are so disposed as tohave four numbers arranged therebetween. The numbers run from 1consecutively in regular progression. In Fig. 1 I show the numbers onthe right hand side of the right hand rail as running from 1 to 30, thenumeral 1 being disposed near what may, for convenience, be termed theupper edge of the board, and the numbering then continued downwardlyconsecutively; while on the opposite side of this right hand rail, thenumbering starts with the numeral 31 at the lower edge of the board, andcontinues upwardly progressively to the top edge of said board, endingwith the number 60. WVith respect to the numbering on opposite sides ofthe left hand rail of Fig. 1, this is a duplicate of the numberingdescribed with reference to the right hand rail, except that the numeral1 of the line of figures from 1 to 30 starts at the lower edge of theboard and continues upwardly, and the numeral 31 of the line of figuresfrom 31 to 60 begins at the upper edge of the board, and the numberingcontinues downwardly; or in other words, the arrangement is the exactreverse of that of the two lines of numbers on the right hand side ofthe board. The lines of numerals may contain a greater or less number ofnumerals than shown in Fig. 1, according to conditions, and the size ofthe board.

In the use of the device as thus far explained the two players areseated at what I term the upper and lower edges of the board. The playerat the lower edge of the board, therefore, is in position toconveniently use the numbers on the right hand side of the board, andthe player seated at the upper edge of the board is in convenientosition for using the numbers at the left and side of said board. Thepointer 20 on the right hand side is shown as pointing j to the number11, thus indicating that the player seated at the lower edge of theboard has eleven points to his credit. If now this player, in the nextplay, secures six additional points, it is necessary for him, in thecounting operation, to raise the traveler so as to release it fromengagement with the serrations, and then move said traveler toward thelower edge of the board until the traveler reaches a point opposite thenumber 17. The traveler is then allowed to reseat itself in the spacebetween the serrations alined with the number 17, and the traveler isthus held releasably at this adjusted position, it being understood thateach of the spaces between the serrations or teeth are alined with twoof the numbers on opposite sides of the rails. The pointer, of course,in the operation just described is turned over to the right, as shown inFig. 1. The player referred to continues to count in this manner untilthe numeral 30 is reached. After this the pointer is thrown over to theleft, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, and the playerthen movesthe traveler from the lower edge of the board upwardly toward the upperedge thereof.

The opposing player who is seated at the upper edge of the boardperforms the operation of counting in exactly the same manner,excepting, of course, that he moves the traveler first from the loweredge of the board upwardly until the numeral 30 is reached, after whichhe throws the pointer 20 over to the right, and then moves the travelerfrom the upper edge of the board toward the lower edge thereof.

In connection with my improved tallyboard, it is a matter of greatconvenience to employ a means adapted for keeping an accurate record ofthe number of games won by the respective players; or in games where thenumber of points to be secured in order to win runs up into highfigures, say, for instance, three-hundred, I am able to employ the saidmeans for keeping a record of the number of times the traveler has madea complete back and forth travel on the rail. In this latter use of thedevice the player is enabled at a glance to determine how many points heor his opponent has made, or to determine at a glance how many pointsyet remain to be made by himself or by the op ponent, in order to winthe game. On Sheet 1 of the drawings, I show a form of such device,there being one of said devices for each player, arranged between therails 15, and disposed, respectively, near the upper and lower edges ofthe board. Each consists of a series of holes or recesses 23, arrangedin a circle. Any desired number of these holes or recesses may beemployed, and in the accompanying illustration I have shown fifteennumbered consecutively from 1 to 15. In the center of the circle is astud 24, and to this stud is attached one end of a flexible device 25,preferably in the form of a small chain. The outer end of this flexibledevice has connected thereto a pin 26, the lower end of which is adaptedto be inserted in any one of the series of holes. In order to limit theextent of the insertion of the pin, it is advisably provided with a stopshoulder 27.

In Fig. 1, the pin 26 of the lower device is shown as inserted in number3 hole, thus indicating that the player seated at the lower edge of theboard has either won three games, or that his pointer has made threecomplete trips up and down the rail, dependent upon how the device isbeing used. The pin 26 of the upper device is shown as engaging thenumber 9 hole, thus indicating that the player at the upper edge of theboard has either won nine games, or that his pointer has made ninecomplete trips up and down the left hand rail, in accordance with themanner in which the devices are being used.

In the five different modifications of the invention illustrated inFigs. 5 to 10 in clusive, and in Figs. 11 and 12, on Sheet 2 of thedrawings, the boards are of less width than the board illustrated inFig. 1, and are only intended for use by one player, thus necessitatinga separate device for each player. Of course, the tally-boardconstruction illustrated on Sheet 1 may also, if desired, be made up inlike form.

Referring to the Figs. 5 and 6 form of construction, the board hasmounted thereabove and longitudinally thereof a rail 28 in the form of around rod supported at opposite ends in short post 29 projectingupwardly from the base. The numbers in the line on the right hand sideof rail 28 run in regular sequence from 1 at the upper edge of theboard, to 15 at the lower edge thereof, and the numbers in the line onthe left hand side of the rail run in regular sequence from 16 at thelower edge of the board to 30 at the upper edge of said board, thisnumbering, and the numbering in any of the forms of construction, ofcourse, being susceptible to change to suit requirements. Alined witheach number in both lines of numbers is a recess 30. The traveler inthis modified construction is in the form of a sleeve 31 looselyencircling the rod, and the pointer, inclicated by the numeral 32, is inthe form of a short arm rigid to and extending outwardly from thesleeve, and having a swiveled connection at its outer end with thecenter of a dog 33. Normally this dog is in an upright position so thatits lower end may engage any one of the series of openings 30. \Vhen theboard is not in use, the dog 33 may be turned to a horizontal positionso as to afford better facility for packing. It will be understood thatthe swivel connection is somewhat stiff so that the dog 33 will remaininv the position in which it may be turned.

From the description of the construction of this form of the device, itsmethod of use will be obvious, the traveler in any of its adjustmentsbeing held releasably in adjusted position by the engagement of thelower end of the dog 33 with the particular recess with which it isalined, either on the right hand side of the rail or on the left handside of the rail dependent upon whether the pointer 32 is swung over tothe right or to the left.

In the Figs. 7 and 8 form of construction a rod 34, similar to the rod28 of Figs. and 6, and supported at opposite ends in short uprights 35,35, is employed as the rail for the traveler. This rod lies between andis parallel with the two members 36, 36, of a two-part retaining device,the said members provided on their upper edges with teeth or serrations37. A traveler 38 is movable on the rail 3st, and this traveler, likethe Figs. 5 and 6 construction, is in the form of a sleeve looselyencircling the rail, and has a pointer in the form of an arm 39 rigidtherewith and projecting therefrom. This pointer, however, is notprovided with the swiveled engaging dog, as in the Figs. 5 and 6construction. It may, however, if desired, terminate in a rounded endpiece 40.

From the description of the construction of the Figs. 7 and 8 form themethod of using the same will also be apparent. The pointer of coursewhen being used in connection with the right hand line of figures isheld in adjusted position by engaging the spaces between the teeth orserrations of the right hand member of the retaining device, and whenswung over to the left, and is being moved along the left hand line offigures it is held in adjusted position by engaging in the spacesbetween the serrations of the left hand retaining device.

In the Figs. 9 and 10 form of construction, the rail consists of a tubeatl resting upon and extending the length of the board and secured atits ends in lugs 42, 412. This tube is split in its top so as to leave atop opening a3 extending longitudinally thereof, the bordering edges ofsaid opening being toothed or serrated, as indicated by the numeral 4.4.The traveler is in the form of a short cylindrical member disposedwithin the tube, and the pointer consists of an arm 46 rigidly securedto and projecting from the said traveler, and terminating, preferably ina rounded outer end M. The traveler of course is fitted sufiicientlyloose in the tube to permit of its free movement within the tube, andthe said traveler is held in adjusted position by the engagement of thepointer 4:6 with the spaces between the right hand teeth or serrations,or the spaces between the left hand teeth or serrations, depending uponwhether the pointer is thrown over to the right or left.

The modified form of construction illustrated in section by Fig. 11 issimilar to the Figs. 5 and 6 construction, except that the pointer inthis modified form the pointer is carried at the end of a short chain,or other flexible device, 4E8, connected at one end to the traveler 31,the opposite end of said chain carrying a pin a9 constituting thepointer and adapted to engage with any of the series of recesses 30,instead of the rigid arm 32, and swiveled dog 33 of Figs. 5 and 6.

The modified form of construction illustrated in Fig. 12 is similar tothe Figs. 9 and 10 form, except that the serrations on the borderingedges of the opening 13 are omitted, and the arm or pointer at is alsoomitted, and in lieu of the latter a short chain, or other flexibledevice, is employed, which at one end is connected to a lug 51projecting upwardly from the traveler and through the opening as, and atits opposite end connected to a pin constituting the pointer, the lowerend of said pin adapted to engage any one of a series of recessessimilar to the recesses 30 of the Figs. 5 and 6 and Fig. 11 forms of construction, and disposed similarly to said recesses 30.

Fig. 13 of the drawings illustrates a modified form of the device forkeeping a record of the games won, or for keeping a record of the numberof times the traveler makes a complete trip back and forth on the rail.

In this modified form a series of recesses similar to the recesses 23 ofthe Sheet 1 form of construction, and similarly arranged in a circle,and numbered from 1 consecutively is employed. In the center of thecircle is an upwardly extending pin 53, and slidably mounted on this pinis a collar 54, the upper portion 01": this collar being preferably inthe form of a milled disk 55 for convenience in raising and lowering andturning the collar. Projecting from the collar is an arm 56, which isbent clownwardly at its outer end to form the downwardly projectingmember 57, the lower end of'which is adapted to engage any one of theseries of recesses 23. This modified device is used in the same way asthe form illustrated on Sheet 1, that is to say, if one of the playershas four games to his credit, the collar 54 is raised on the pin, andswung around until the depending member 57 is above the recess numbered4. The collar is then permitted to slide downwardly on the pin, and thedepending member 57 thereby made to engage the recess adjacent to thenumeral 4. Exactly the same operation is gone through with in keeping anaccount of the number of times the traveler makes a trip back and forthon the rail.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention is;

1. In a tally-board, the combination with a board having a line ofcharacters delineated thereon, a rail extending along the board parallelwith the line of characters, the upper surface of said rail providedwith a series of teeth or serrations, a traveler fitted to the rail andadapted to be movable therealong and held in adjusted position on therail by engagement with the teeth or serrations, and a pointer carriedby the traveler. v

2. In a tally-board, the combination of a board having a line ofcharacters delineated thereon, a rail extending along said boardparallel with the line of characters, the said rail having its upper endenlarged to form a head, an inverted U-shaped traveler fitted over thehead of the rail, the depending portion thereof provided with aninwardly-extending stop adapted to contact with the under side of thehead of the rail when the traveler is raised upwardly, and a pointercarried by the traveler.

3. In a tally-board, the combination of a board having two lines ofcharacters delineated thereon, a rail disposed between said lines ofcharacters and parallel therewith, a traveler fitted over the rail, anda pointer pivoted to the upper portion of the traveler.

4C. In a tally-board, the combination of a board having two lines ofcharacters delineated thereon, a rail disposed between said lines ofcharacters and extending parallel therewith, the upper edge of said railbeing enlarged to form a head, and the upper surface of said headprovided with a series of teeth or serrations, an inverted U-shapedtraveler fitted over the rail, the depending port-ion thereof providedwith an inwardlyextending stop adapted to contact with the underside ofthe head of the rail, when the traveler is raised, and a pointer pivotedto the traveler.

5. I11 a tally-board, the combination of a base having lines ofcharacters delineated thereon, one line of said characters running inregular sequence from the upper edge to the lower edge of the base, andthe other line of characters running in regular sequence from the loweredge to the upper edge of said base, lines delineated on the basebetween the two lines of characters and separating the characters into aseries of subdivisions, a distinguishing space mark for each characteralso delineated on said base between the two lines of characters tolocate a pointer to indicate the points of the game scored on saidtallyboard, and a pointer to coact with the space marks to indicate thepoints of the game.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses' HUGH R. PATRIAR-CHE. lVitnesses H. Bonn, A. C. FERGUSON.

